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Boars Low is a Bronze Age bowl barrow located in Derbyshire, England. The monument comprises a circular earthwork mound characteristic of the Early Bronze Age burial tradition, dating to approximately the third millennium before the present. Bowl barrows of this type typically served as communal or elite burial sites, often containing inhumations accompanied by grave goods. The site's survival as a scheduled ancient monument reflects its archaeological importance as evidence of funerary practice and settlement patterns during the Bronze Age period in the East Midlands region.
Boars Low bowl barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013878. View the official record →
Boars Low is a Bronze Age bowl barrow located in Derbyshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013878.
Boars Low bowl barrow is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1013878.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Medieval moated site, ridge and furrow, and mill site at Sturston (6.6 km), Mayfield strip lynchets (6.6 km), Tinker's Inn bowl barrow, north (7.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Boars Low bowl barrow's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Boars Low bowl barrow stands on Bowland High Group And Craven Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone.